Communication through a stone

Until the discovery of the Rosetta stone, there were large blanks in what historians knew about Egyptian hieroglyphics, no one could translate the language because it was unlike other languages seen in the past. Egyptian Hieroglyphics could not have been translated without this stone. Before the finding of the Rosetta stone all ideas of what hieroglyphics could be were all speculation with no way to prove the theories true or false. The translation process was …showed first 75 words of 869 total…

…showed last 75 words of 869 total…to study ancient Egypt and know what occurred inside the country during the time of hieroglyphics. The Rosetta Stone contributed too many things. It helped us clear up old ideas, prove the truth, and uncover the past. Without the Rosetta Stone linguists would not have been able to piece together enough information to truly uncover the secrets of hieroglyphs. The translation of the Rosetta stone helped fill in the large gaps of unknown Egyptian history.